Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [conj] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and the other may or may not of been like I said just the fact I 'm shaking your hand , weapon he goes and does a frenzy test but the evidence on those three were , was n't very , was n't very conclusive and it |
| 2 | but it could n't of been cos it came out last week |
| 3 | All she could think of was that they 'd all been in on this — a kind of family Mafia , working behind the scenes to make sure that Lucenzo ended up with everything , his empire untouched . |
| 4 | The first thing I thought of was that we 'd offended them in some way we did n't know — done a terrible insult to their gods or something . |
| 5 | All he could think of was that he wanted to sneeze . |
| 6 | All I could think of was that I knew that a Lee Metford was the forerunner of the Lee Enfield .303 rifle and almost became standard issue to the British army before WW1 . |
| 7 | What he was sure of was that she 'd disappeared , and that was inconvenient to him . |
| 8 | Luke Calder was nothing but a ruthless manipulator who made people do what he wanted when he wanted it , yet all she could think of was that she wanted to feel again the hot urgency of his mouth ! |
| 9 | And how ill did you have to be before you died ? |
| 10 | If you were going to live your life again , how old would you think you 'd have to be before you felt mature enough to make the decision to get married ? |
| 11 | Is he arguing — as he seemed to be before he lurched off into the quotation — that no examination result should be made available to Scottish parents ? |
| 12 | You know it seemed to be that we had a working rule that had functioned reasonably well over the years and all of a sudden he was tearing up various paragraphs that did n't suit him , and altering bits you know and changing them round just to suit the company , and all to our disadvantage . |
| 13 | Their crime seemed to be that they had sung the song ‘ Hernando 's Hideaway ’ too loudly . |
| 14 | Taking into account the fact that they made fewer comments about individual types of credit than men , women 's comments were more likely to be that they did not know how a type of credit worked than men 's ; and less likely to say that it was easy to understand and use . |
| 15 | So powerful did the Association feel itself to be that it declined to amalgamate into a nationally representative Shipping Federation which came into being in September 1890 , though it allowed its individual members to join if they wished and developed a working arrangement with it.Indeed the separatism of the Mersey shipowners lasted until 1967 when they eventually merged into a British Shipping Federation , though not under the title " Employers ' Labour Association " . |
| 16 | The only possible explanation of this radiation , which corresponds to a temperature of about 3K ( 3 C° above the absolute zero of cold ) , seemed to be that it represented the residual energy left over from the Big Bang . |
| 17 | The answer appears to be that it arrived courtesy of the Romans . |
| 18 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 19 | So then I decided I would like to be that I knew there was a job going on the electricians , so I thought well I 'll I 'll go in for the electrical side . |
| 20 | gentleman came to this house it seemed to be that he challenged the establishment and many of us welcomes that view it seemed to give a breath of fresh air , but now it seems to me that he 's become entirely institutionalised , can he explain that to the house ? |
| 21 | His problem seemed to be that he believed a Government could do exactly as it liked without taking public opinion into account . |
| 22 | His main concern appeared to be that he did not want too many parents to be able to read it because they would find it attractive . |
| 23 | Ms Armstrong considers Mr Fallon to be sexist : the reason appears to be that he called her a woman . |
| 24 | The main criticism seems to be that he wanted to change things , forms of service and such like . |
| 25 | I came to be capable-as he had said I would — of the most beautifully consistent combinations of apprehensions with little twistles of kinaesthetic intimation . |
| 26 | I think it is tough for BD because the midfield have their own way of playing which they 've had since the first season back , and Chapman knew where to be cos they built it round him . |
| 27 | We used to go on Lord Street and he used to be where they sold luscious cakes . |
| 28 | Although she was not at ease herself and did not expect to be until she had told him all the painful things he would surely wish to know . |
| 29 | Or it used to be until I got that letter . |
| 30 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |